Bump the development-version-updates group across 1 directory with 13 updates

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Bumps the development-version-updates group with 13 updates in the / directory:

Package	From	To
coverage	7.9.2	7.10.6
pylint	3.3.7	3.3.8
pytest-asyncio	1.0.0	1.1.0
pre-commit	4.2.0	4.3.0
ruamel-yaml	0.18.14	0.18.15
tox	4.27.0	4.29.0
cachetools	6.1.0	6.2.0
distlib	0.3.9	0.4.0
executing	2.2.0	2.2.1
filelock	3.18.0	3.19.1
identify	2.6.12	2.6.13
platformdirs	4.3.8	4.4.0
virtualenv	20.31.2	20.34.0

Updates coverage from 7.9.2 to 7.10.6

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Version 7.10.6 — 2025-08-29

• Fix: source directories were not properly communicated to subprocesses that ran in different directories, as reported in issue 1499_. This is now fixed.

• Performance: Alex Gaynor continues fine-tuning <pull 2038_>_ the speed of combination, especially with many contexts.

.. _issue 1499: nedbat/coveragepy#1499 .. _pull 2038: nedbat/coveragepy#2038

.. _changes_7-10-5:

Version 7.10.5 — 2025-08-23

• Big speed improvements for coverage combine: it's now about twice as fast! Huge thanks to Alex Gaynor for pull requests 2032 <pull 2032_>, 2033 <pull 2033_>, and 2034 <pull 2034_>_.

.. _pull 2032: nedbat/coveragepy#2032 .. _pull 2033: nedbat/coveragepy#2033 .. _pull 2034: nedbat/coveragepy#2034

.. _changes_7-10-4:

Version 7.10.4 — 2025-08-16

• Added patch = fork for times when the built-in forking support is insufficient.

• Fix: patch = execv also inherits the entire coverage configuration now.

.. _changes_7-10-3:

Version 7.10.3 — 2025-08-10

• Fixes for patch = subprocess:

  • If subprocesses spawned yet more subprocesses simultaneously, some coverage could be missed. This is now fixed, closing issue 2024_.

  • If subprocesses were created in other directories, their data files were

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Commits

• 88c55ff docs: sample HTML for 7.10.6
• 01d8995 docs: prep for 7.10.6
• 9b0c24f docs: thanks Alex #2038
• 66d6910 fix: make source paths absolute where they exist. #1499
• bb3382f build: no need for the combine/html times now
• 9ea349a lab: warn_executed.py
• 808c9b4 build: changing metacov.ini should trigger metacov
• 384f5f2 build: oops, some 'if's are really line pragmas
• a7224af perf: pre-compute the mapping between other_db.context and main.context (#2038)
• 5c00c5b chore: bump the action-dependencies group with 3 updates (#2039)
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Updates pylint from 3.3.7 to 3.3.8

Commits

• 98942ba Bump pylint to 3.3.8, update changelog (#10486)
• 6a1620a Update pytest-benchmark requirement from ~=4.0 to ~=5.1 (#10066) (#10484)
• cef60cc Fix false-negative for used-before-assignment with postponed evaluation in fu...
• 5a5a9be Fix unused-variable false positive when using same name for multiple except...
• 6ec71ba Respect docstring-min-length in docparams extension (#10104) (#10434)
• fbde890 Fix Mermaid printer rendering double underscores as bold formatting (#10403) ...
• 51234e5 Fix Pyreverse: Aggregations aren't filtered according to filter mode (PUB_ONL...
• 329c967 Use custom Github App to authenticate backport job (#10394) (#10396)
• 7038ef4 [Backport maintenance/3.3.x] Resolve possibly-used-before-assignment false po...
• 045f179 Resolve possibly-used-before-assignment false positives from match block ...
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Updates pytest-asyncio from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0

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pytest-asyncio 1.1.0

Added

• Propagation of ContextVars from async fixtures to other fixtures and tests on Python 3.10 and older (#127)
• Cancellation of tasks when the loop_scope ends (#200)
• Warning when the current event loop is closed by a test

Fixed

• Error about missing loop when calling functions requiring a loop in the finally clause of a task (#878)
• An error that could cause duplicate warnings to be issued

Notes for Downstream Packagers

• Added runtime dependency on backports.asyncio.runner for use with Python 3.10 and older

pytest-asyncio 1.1.0a1

1.1.0a1 - 2025-06-30

Added

• Propagation of ContextVars from async fixtures to other fixtures and tests on Python 3.10 and older (#127)
• Cancellation of tasks when the loop_scope ends (#200)
• Warning when the current event loop is closed by a test

Fixed

• Error about missing loop when calling functions requiring a loop in the finally clause of a task (#878)
• An error that could cause duplicate warnings to be issued

Notes for Downstream Packagers

• Added runtime dependency on backports.asyncio.runner for use with Python 3.10 and older

Commits

• ce06c07 chore: Prepare release of v1.1.0.
• d9a8dcc ci: Workaround missing Tag annotation during release.
• d66e12f [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• 9e5e25f Build(deps): Bump certifi in /dependencies/docs
• 0e63423 Build(deps): Bump hypothesis in /dependencies/default
• bd4551c Build(deps): Bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0
• 8e20305 Build(deps): Bump hypothesis in /dependencies/default
• b7a8ab5 Build(deps): Bump coverage from 7.9.1 to 7.9.2 in /dependencies/default
• 8cc378d Build(deps): Bump typing-extensions in /dependencies/default
• fb6bfbf [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
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Updates pre-commit from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0

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pre-commit v4.3.0

Features

• language: docker / language: docker_image: detect rootless docker.
  • #3446 PR by @​matthewhughes934.
  • #1243 issue by @​dkolepp.
• language: julia: avoid startup.jl when executing hooks.
  • #3496 PR by @​ericphanson.
• language: dart: support latest dart versions which require a higher sdk lower bound.
  • #3507 PR by @​bc-lee.

Changelog

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4.3.0 - 2025-08-09

Features

• language: docker / language: docker_image: detect rootless docker.
  • #3446 PR by @​matthewhughes934.
  • #1243 issue by @​dkolepp.
• language: julia: avoid startup.jl when executing hooks.
  • #3496 PR by @​ericphanson.
• language: dart: support latest dart versions which require a higher sdk lower bound.
  • #3507 PR by @​bc-lee.

Commits

• b74a22d v4.3.0
• cc899de Merge pull request #3507 from bc-lee/dart-fix
• 2a0bcea Downgrade Dart SDK version installed in the CI
• f1cc7a4 Make Dart pre-commit hook compatible with the latest Dart SDKs
• 72a3b71 Merge pull request #3504 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
• c8925a4 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• a5fe6c5 Merge pull request #3496 from ericphanson/eph/jl-startup
• 6f1f433 Julia language: skip startup.jl file
• c681721 Merge pull request #3499 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
• 4fd4537 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
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Updates ruamel-yaml from 0.18.14 to 0.18.15

Updates tox from 4.27.0 to 4.29.0

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4.29.0

What's Changed

• Docs: environment variables contain strings by @​hroncok in tox-dev/tox#3575
• 🐍 Fix sys_platform Fixture Leakage breaking the CI by @​gaborbernat in tox-dev/tox#3589
• Expose a new tox_extend_envs hook in plugins API by @​webknjaz in tox-dev/tox#3591

Full Changelog: tox-dev/tox@4.28.4...4.29.0

4.28.4

What's Changed

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in tox-dev/tox#3570
• Pass ssh-agent variables by default by @​daniilgankov in tox-dev/tox#3572

New Contributors

• @​daniilgankov made their first contribution in tox-dev/tox#3572

Full Changelog: tox-dev/tox@4.28.3...4.28.4

4.28.3

What's Changed

• Fix typo on cmd_build filter check expression by @​gaborbernat in tox-dev/tox#3569

Full Changelog: tox-dev/tox@4.28.2...4.28.3

4.28.2

What's Changed

• Don't pass in the filter argument to tar.extractall on old Python versions by @​gaborbernat in tox-dev/tox#3568

Full Changelog: tox-dev/tox@4.28.1...4.28.2

4.28.1

What's Changed

• Fix an issue number typo in changelog by @​hroncok in tox-dev/tox#3563
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in tox-dev/tox#3564
• Only use tarfile.data_filter when it's available by @​gaborbernat in tox-dev/tox#3566

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v4.29.0 (2025-08-29)

Features - 4.29.0

- A new tox life cycle event is now exposed for use via :doc:`Plugins
  API </plugins>` -- by :user:`webknjaz`.
The corresponding hook point is :func:tox_extend_envs &lt;tox.plugin.spec.tox_extend_envs&gt;. It allows plugin authors to
declare ephemeral environments that they can then populate through
the in-memory configuration loader interface.
This patch was made possible thanks to pair programming with
:user:gaborbernat at PyCon US 2025. (:issue:3510, :issue:3591)
v4.28.4 (2025-07-31)
Features - 4.28.4

• Pass ssh-agent variables SSH_AGENT_PID and SSH_AUTH_SOCK in pass_env by default.
  • by :user:daniilgankov (:issue:3572)

v4.28.3 (2025-07-25)

No significant changes.

v4.28.2 (2025-07-25)

Bugfixes - 4.28.2

- Don't pass in the filter argument to tar.extractall on old Python versions - by :user:`gaborbernat`. (:issue:`3568`)
v4.28.1 (2025-07-22)
Bugfixes - 4.28.1

• Use tarfile.data_filter <https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.data_filter>_ with extractall only on supported Python versions:

  • >= 3.11.4
  • >= 3.10.12 and < 3.11
  • >= 3.9.17 and < 3.10

  by :user:gaborbernat. (:issue:3565)

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Commits

• 59aaee9 release 4.29.0
• bf558e3 Expose a new tox_extend_envs hook in plugins API (#3591)
• eceba31 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#3587)
• 18d2943 Fix sys_platform patch in test suite leaking patching (#3589)
• 8088ecb Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#3582)
• c0b4118 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#3581)
• 1e06779 Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 5 (#3576)
• 7d4cb4e Docs: environment variables contain strings (#3575)
• 9930f8b [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#3573)
• 611b751 release 4.28.4
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Updates cachetools from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0

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v6.2.0 (2025-08-25)

• Improve general RRCache performance by storing cache keys in an additional sequence container. Note that this will increase memory consumption.

• Add more unit tests.

Commits

• 4a238ad Release v6.2.0.
• 9d511b7 Improve unit tests.
• 79aa8c7 Fix #356: Improve RRCache performance.
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Updates distlib from 0.3.9 to 0.4.0

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0.4.0

Released: 2025-07-17


markers

Add the interpret_parsed function.



wheel


Fix #238: Add build tag to wheel metadata if specified.


Fix #243: Update to support free-threading version of Python (3.13t).


Fix #246: Support subdirectories in the dist-info directory. Thanks to Pieter P for the patch.


Fix #248: Fix path normalisation issue caused by the fix for #246.


Move import in script wrapper to "if name == 'main'" clause.




tests

Fix #245: Skip test_package_data if a SKIP_EXT_PACKAGE_DATA environment variable is present.

Commits

• aff2cbb Finalise version.
• 3716c4b Update change log, widen exception catching in test.
• 660bd33 Changes for 0.4.0.
• 56b4ad9 Guard script wrapper entrypoint import with if main (#242)
• fe57366 docs: update coverage results link (#250)
• c3286e5 Temporarily exclude 3.13t on windows-latest.
• e6b83d3 Normalize archive paths in dist-info (#248)
• 93baffe Skip no-longer-relevant test.
• 83f6568 Support subdirectories in .dist-info (fixes #246) (#247)
• f918abd Update test_wheel.WheelTestCase.test_abi for freethreading (#244)
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Updates executing from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1

Commits

• bafb305 Add 3.14 to classifiers
• 5ed2ba3 Merge pull request #97 from alexmojaki/3.14
• 28095d4 refactor: review changes
• bb09dc6 refactor: some cleanup
• dabc70e fix: inst.argval can be a tuple for sometimes
• 0772f91 fix: removed comments
• bacc5b6 fix: moved verification for CALL_INTRINSIC_2 back to 3.13
• ec09075 test: added sample_results for 3.14
• 9405fed fix: handle synthetic code to store annotation
• f09e4cd fix: TypeVar defaults
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Updates filelock from 3.18.0 to 3.19.1

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3.19.1

What's Changed

• add 3.14t (free threading) to matrix by @​paultiq in tox-dev/filelock#433
• Increase test coverage by @​paultiq in tox-dev/filelock#434

New Contributors

• @​paultiq made their first contribution in tox-dev/filelock#433

Full Changelog: tox-dev/filelock@3.19.0...3.19.1

3.19.0

What's Changed

• Add support for 3.14 by @​gaborbernat in tox-dev/filelock#432

Full Changelog: tox-dev/filelock@3.18.0...3.19.0

Commits

• 8d1009f Update release.yaml
• 66a428e Increase test coverage (#434)
• 0dfc86e add 3.14 to matrix (#433)
• 0c54837 Add support for 3.14 (#432)
• 77d02f5 Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#430)
• bc972b3 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#429)
• 78d02cb Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 5 (#428)
• 18cdb5d [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#427)
• b198a09 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#426)
• 6b097e7 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#425)
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Updates identify from 2.6.12 to 2.6.13

Commits

• af4da9c v2.6.13
• bdf9c05 Merge pull request #530 from dirtcrusher/feature/special_cpp_extensions
• 1a6b03c Added C++ 'ipp' and 'tpp' file extensions
• 1a3399b Merge pull request #529 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
• 1097f76 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• bbfa578 Merge pull request #528 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
• 536d751 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• e1c38fe Merge pull request #526 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
• d084d03 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• 40af39f Merge pull request #524 from pre-commit/pre-commit-ci-update-config
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Updates platformdirs from 4.3.8 to 4.4.0

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4.4.0

What's Changed

• feat: improve homebrew path detection by @​daeho-ro in tox-dev/platformdirs#370

New Contributors

• @​daeho-ro made their first contribution in tox-dev/platformdirs#370

Full Changelog: tox-dev/platformdirs@4.3.8...4.4.0

Commits

• c945a28 feat: improve homebrew path detection (#370)
• 9f616e9 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#372)
• 5720f26 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#367)
• 848924d [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#365)
• df2e678 Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 in the all group (#366)
• 009a3f8 Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 5 in the all group (#364)
• 3d194ee [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#363)
• 6046533 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#362)
• 88389ce [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#361)
• 82763ff [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#360)
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Updates virtualenv from 20.31.2 to 20.34.0

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20.34.0

What's Changed

• release 20.33.1 by @​gaborbernat in pypa/virtualenv#2943
• fix: Improve file limit test to catch SystemExit or RuntimeError by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2936
• feat: Abstract out caching in discovery by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2946
• CI: Add PyPy 3.11 to CI checks by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2934
• feat: Decouple FileCache from py_info by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2947
• feat: Remove references to py_info from FileCache by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2948
• refactor: Decouple discovery from creator plugins by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2949
• refactor: Decouple discovery by duplicating info utils by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2951
• fix: Python in PATH takes precedence over uv-managed Pythons by @​edgarrmondragon in pypa/virtualenv#2952
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in pypa/virtualenv#2950
• Bump pip to 25.2 by @​gaborbernat in pypa/virtualenv#2953

Full Changelog: pypa/virtualenv@20.33.1...20.34.0

20.33.1

What's Changed

• release 20.33.0 by @​gaborbernat in pypa/virtualenv#2929
• fix(test): Restore mtime of py_info.py in test by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2938
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in pypa/virtualenv#2937
• fix: Correctly unpack _get_tcl_tk_libs() response in PythonInfo by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2940
• chore: Request shell and python details in bug reports by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2942

Full Changelog: pypa/virtualenv@20.33.0...20.33.1

20.33.0

What's Changed

• release 20.32.0 by @​gaborbernat in pypa/virtualenv#2908
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in pypa/virtualenv#2909
• Fix nushell deprecation warnings by @​gaborbernat in pypa/virtualenv#2910
• test: Use @pytest.mark.flaky instead of @flaky.flaky by @​mgorny in pypa/virtualenv#2911
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @​pre-commit-ci[bot] in pypa/virtualenv#2912
• fix: handle StopIteration in discovery by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2913
• fix: Improve symlink check and sysconfig path handling by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2914
• docs: Recommend specific python version for virtualenv by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2916
• fix: Force UTF-8 encoding for pip subprocess by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2918
• fix: Prevent crash on file in PATH during discovery by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2917
• fix: --try-first-with was overriding an absolute --python path by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2921
• fix 'Too many open files' error and improve error message by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2922
• fix(testing): Prevent logging setup when --help is passed by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2923
• fix cache invalidation for PythonInfo by @​esafak in pypa/virtualenv#2925

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v20.34.0 (2025-08-13)

Features - 20.34.0

- Abstract out caching in discovery - by :user:`esafak`.
  Decouple `FileCache` from `py_info` (discovery) - by :user:`esafak`.
  Remove references to py_info in FileCache - by :user:`esafak`.
  Decouple discovery from creator plugins - by :user:`esafak`.
  Decouple discovery by duplicating info utils - by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2074`)
- Add PyPy 3.11 support. Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2932`)
Bugfixes - 20.34.0

• Upgrade embedded wheel pip to 25.2 from 25.1.1 - by :user:gaborbernat. (:issue:2333)
• Accept RuntimeError in test_too_many_open_files, by :user:esafak (:issue:2935)
• Python in PATH takes precedence over uv-managed python. Contributed by :user:edgarrmondragon. (:issue:2952)

v20.33.1 (2025-08-05)

Bugfixes - 20.33.1

- Correctly unpack _get_tcl_tk_libs() response in PythonInfo.
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2930`)
- Restore `py_info.py` timestamp in `test_py_info_cache_invalidation_on_py_info_change`
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2933`)
v20.33.0 (2025-08-03)
Features - 20.33.0

• Added support for Tcl and Tkinter. You're welcome. Contributed by :user:esafak. (:issue:425)

Bugfixes - 20.33.0

- Prevent logging setup when --help is passed, fixing a flaky test.
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`u`)
- Fix cache invalidation for PythonInfo by hashing `py_info.py`.
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2467`)
- When no discovery plugins are found, the application would crash with a StopIteration.
  This change catches the StopIteration and raises a RuntimeError with a more informative message.
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2493`)
- Stop `--try-first-with` overriding absolute `--python` paths.
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2659`)
- Force UTF-8 encoding for pip download
  Contributed by :user:`esafak`. (:issue:`2780`)
- Creating a virtual environment on a filesystem without symlink-support would fail even with `--copies`
</tr></table> 

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Commits

• a1ed8bb release 20.34.0
• 9ef8512 Squash changelog entry for 2074
• 9b285ef Bump pip to 25.2 (#2953)
• e45a509 [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate (#2950)
• dfdae19 fix: Python in PATH takes precedence over uv-managed Pythons (#2952)
• 1f4c76e refactor: Decouple discovery by duplicating info utils (#2951)
• c41da72 refactor: Decouple discovery from creator plugins (#2949)
• 02ae86f feat: Remove references to py_info from FileCache (#2948)
• 03f4800 feat: Decouple FileCache from py_info (#2947)
• d280b76 CI: Add PyPy 3.11 to CI checks (#2934)
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